The Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea is looking for an Environmental Health Officer to carry out investigations of complaints and workplace accidents, undertake health and safety topic inspections, and manage massage and special treatment licensing renewal visits.
Responsibilities:
* Carry out a range of services in accordance with legislation, codes of practice, corporate policies, local procedures, and good professional practice. This will include but is not limited to: inspections, projects, surveys, alternative enforcement activities, publicity, attending meetings, processing applications, visits, investigating complaints and service requests, sampling, dealing with safety notifications and asbestos removals, accident investigations, monitoring, gathering evidence, revisits, making test purchases, carrying out PACE interviews, taking statements, and determining appropriate action.
* Take Health and Safety prosecutions in the officer’s own name against businesses on behalf of the Council.
* Competently deal with the processing of applications, notifications, referrals, consultations, schemes, licences, registrations, and grants; carry out reviews and give approval, as directed using any powers that have been delegated.
* Undertake consistent, proportionate, targeted, accountable, and transparent enforcement action in accordance with best practice advice and guidance and enforcement policies to resolve identified non-compliances. This may include seizing goods, prohibitions, closures, preparing and serving statutory and fixed penalty notices, simple cautions, and other legal documents.
* Conduct investigations and other enforcement work with regard to legislation, such as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), Criminal Proceedings and Investigations Act (CPIA), and Human Rights Act (HRA).
* Undertake health and safety enforcement in premises, taking necessary action required, e.g., serving Improvement and Prohibition Notices, and undertaking legal action on behalf of the Council.
* Work with Public Health England and Public Health colleagues on emerging health issues and infectious diseases, such as Covid-19 and Legionnaires disease, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and taking enforcement action as required.
* Support the Council’s Public Health efforts in investigating concerns of breaches of legislation such as Covid-19, including inspecting premises to ensure they are Covid safe and taking directions from an Outbreak Management Team.
* Investigate accidents, serious incidents, and work-related deaths within work premises, liaising with police, family liaison, London Fire Brigade, HSE, and other external agencies as required.
* Undertake targeted enforcement and proactive initiatives in commercial buildings in relation to Smoke Free legislation and The Health Act, involving planned enforcement with the Police and other council departments/teams regarding illegal shisha establishments.
* Provide a responsible authority response to Licensing applications.
* Provide evidence for Coroners, Magistrates, Crown courts, licensing hearings, or employment tribunals as required.
Pay rate: £35.00+
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